A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada on a property contribution in the form of a Radionuclide Monitoring Station for noble gases to strengthen monitoring of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty implementation was signed on November 29, 2017.

Within the Memorandum, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada is delivering to the Republic of Kazakhstan a radionuclide station for noble gases monitoring on a gratuitous basis.

The station will strengthen the air monitoring in the region for signs of radioactive inert gases formed as a result of nuclear tests and will contribute to strengthening the non-proliferation regime of mass destruction weapons around the world.

The Republic of Kazakhstan and Canada are parties of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), share the interests of strengthening the multilateral regime of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

Thanks to the policy of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, recognized by the world community, the Canadian side offers to install a radionuclide station in Kazakhstan.

The station, costing 1,600,000 Canadian dollars, was assigned to the subordinate enterprise of the Ministry of Energy - the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the leading scientific organization of Kazakhstan in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy and support of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, ensuring nuclear and radiation safety.

During the operation of the station, Canada and Kazakhstan will actively cooperate with the Organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in order to strengthen the policy of a nuclear-free world.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/cerc/press/news/details/29416?lang=kk